Sash cord or chain holder.



H.893 011; PATENTED JULY 14 1908.

o G. H. PARKER.

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GEORGE HENRY PARKER, or ARLINGTON, NEW JEEsEY, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN WALLACE BAKER, or STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SASI'I CORD OR CHAIN HOLDER.

Specification of Letter's'Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY PAR- KER, residing at Arlin ton, in the county of Hudson and State of ew Jersey, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash Cord or Chain Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descri tion, such as will enable others skilled in t e art to which it appertains to make, and use the same.

My invention relates to window construction, and one of its objects is to provide means for holding the suspending cord or chain for a slidable sash when the same has been removed from the frame or swung therefrom to permit of access to both sides of the sash for cleaning the glass or for other purposes.

. Other objects will be in art obvious and in part pointed out hereina er.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exem lified in the device hereinafter described an the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein are illustrated several of the referred embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing one application thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing still another embodiment ofmy invention wherein a chain is employed in the suspension of a sliding sash. Fig. 3 is a view in er- ;pective of the embodiment illustrate in ig. 2, but showing a sash suspending cord engaged thereby. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the pulley stile of a window frame showing a suspending chain running thereover and connected to the sashbalance weight, and one manner of mounting the cord or chain holding device to the stile.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings. I

In order that the objects and advantages sought to be attainedby my invention may be more clearly understood, it may be-noted that when a sllding sash has been removed or swun from its frame and disconnected from its ba ancingmeans, much trouble and annoyance has heretofore been caused by the suspending cord or chain running upward in 55 the frame under the influence of thebalanc driven into a pulley stile.

ing means. In eliminating this difficulty I have, therefore, found it desirable to provide (a device located upon the pulley stile and so constructed that when the sash is removed or swung from its frame and disconnected from its cord or chain, said device will automatically engage said cord or chain and hold the I same firmly against movement, so that when the sash is again ositioned in the frame the usual knot or ot er sash connecting device ()5 upon the cord or chain will be in a osition where it may readily be inserted in t e usual opening rovided in the edge of the sash rail.

Other a vantages secured by my invention will be apparent fromthe following descrip- 7 tion.

Referring now to the drawings, A indicates a portion of a window frame provided with the usual front and back sto s 1 and 2 respectively, between which a s iding sash 3 is adapted to slide. The usual sash pulley 4 is journaled at 5 inthe stile 6, and over this pulley is adapted to run a sash suspending cord or chain7 to one end of which is secure the balance weight 8, the other end thereof so being connected to the sash by means of a knot or by other means in an opening rovided in the edge of the side rail thereof. The construction above described is commonly emlployed in thesuspension of sliding sashes.

eferring now particularly to Fi 1, 9 indicates an arched plate the base 0 which is provided with elongated slots 10, through which screws 11 extend, said screws being The arched ortion'of said plate extends about the pu ey, and its position with res ect. to the pulley may be regulated throug the revision of the elongaged slots 10. Exten ing'longitudinally of a slot 12 in the arched portion of plate 9 is a downwardly extending V- or wedge-shaped recess 13, through which the sash suspending rope or chain passes when running over pulley 4 during sliding movements of the sash.

In the operation of this embodiment of my invention, which should to some extent be clear from the above description, it will be seen that by swinging the sash inward a short distance, as shown by Fig. 1, the cord or chain will automatically ride up the inner inclined edge of slot 13, and when said ro e or chain is disengaged from the sash, as y removing the knot or other device from the opening in the edge of the side rail thereof,

v 18 formed by the front and inner sides of the the rope or chain will be found to be wedged between the convergin walls of the upper portion of said slot, an thus be firmly held against movement until released, as when the cord or chain has been rengaged with the sash and the sash swung into place.

In'Figs. 2 and 4 respectively I have shown a hollow arched plate 16 positioned about the sash pulley and secured to the pulley stile by screws 17, as shown in the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1. Plate 16 is provided at its lower portion with an aperture through which the suspending chain or cord runs when the sash is slid in either'direction in the frame, and leading upwardly from this aperture is a substantially wedge-shaped slot plate. The operation of this embodiment of my invention is substantially the same as set forth in the description of those above described, it being understood that the rope or chain will automatically be wedged between the walls of slot 18 when the sash is swung inwardly from the frame. It may also be noted that in this embodiment the inner flange of the sash pulley aids in guiding the cord u the curved surface 19 of the plate which leads to slot 18.

It will be understood, of course, that a similar arrangement is provided upon the opposite side of the window frame to engage and hold the balancing cord or chain on the opposite side of the sash, and that a similar set of devices is employed to hold the suspending means for the upper sash.

It will accordingly be seen that I have provided means well adapted to attain the objects sought, through the provision of which the suspending chains or cords of window sashesare maintained in a convenient position to effect a connection between the suspending means and the sashes. An important advantage presents itself in that the suspending cords or chains are automatically engaged and held against movement when the sashes are merely swung inwardly from the frame. It will also be apparant that in constructions wherein the swinging sashes are not employed, the cords or chains may be readily engaged and held against movement by merely grasping the ends thereof, releasing the tension and then, by moving the same outwardly or laterally with respect to the holding devices, the cords or chains will automatically engage in the V-shaped slots and be held against movement.

While in the embodiments shown herein I have shown the sash-balancing cords or chains provided with balancing weights, it is obvious that the devices could be equally well used in constructions wherein springor other balancing means were provided.

In the specification and claims I have used the word sash in a broad sense to denote any slidable member adapted to close an opening in a wall.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, I intend that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be in terpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I desire it also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the specific and generic features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, a frame, a sash slidably mounted therein, a member comprising a cord or chain for suspending the sash, a pulley over which the suspending member runs, and a device positioned about the pulley adapted, independent of the pulley, to engage and hold said suspending member when the sash is removed from the frame and said suspending member disconnected therefrom.

2. In combination, aframe, a sash slidably mounted therein, a member comprising a cord or chain for suspending the sash, a pulley over which the suspending member runs, and a device positioned about the pulley n'ovided with a wedging slot, the walls of which are adapted to engage opposite sides of said suspending member and hold the same stationary when the sash has been removed from the frame and said suspending member disconnected therefrom.

3. In combination, a frame, a sash slidably mounted therein, a member comprising a cord or chain for suspending the sash, a pulley over which the suspending member runs, and a device positioned about said suspending member provided with a wedging slot, the walls of which are adapted to engage opposite sides of said suspending member when the sash has been removed from the frame and said suspending member disconnected therefrom, said device being provided. with means for guiding said suspending member to said slot.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY PARKER.

Witnesses:

C. H.. WrLsoN, H. M. SEAMANS. 

